Carolyn Hax: Ex who's stringing along girlfriend should be left in the past

12:07 AM,
Apr. 16, 2014

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Dear Carolyn: I met a man who was a year out of a decades-long marriage, and we became seriously, passionately involved and discussed marriage. I was the first person he dated after he and his wife split.

After almost two years, he broke up with me rather than work on our problems, and immediately started dating others, settling in with one quickly.

Now, seven months later, he says he is still in love with me and wants to talk about resolving our problems and getting back together. The problem is he won't break up with his current girlfriend (whom he tells me he does not love) or tell her he's talking to ...